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Microscopic vs Microstamping - What's the difference?

microscopic | microstamping |

As an adjective microscopic

is microscopic.

As a noun microstamping is

the use of laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm, so that spent cartridges give information about the firearm.

microscopic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal.
    • We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
  • So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
    • The water was full of microscopic organisms.
  • Very small; minute
    • Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
  • Carried out with great attention to detail.
    • The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
  • Able to see extremely minute objects.
    • Why has not man a microscopic eye? — Alexander Pope.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * macroscopic

    Related terms

    * microscope * macroscopic * telescopic

    See also

    * naked-eye

    microstamping

    English

    (wikipedia microstamping)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The use of laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm, so that spent cartridges give information about the firearm.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 24, author=, title=An Opportunity for Mr. Schwarzenegger, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The measure would make California the first state to require that all new semiautomatic weapons be equipped with technology known as microstamping , which imprints microscopic markings as a gun fires. }}